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WELFARE SERVICES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 25

Burial or cremation of the dead.

25.(1) It shall be the duty of every [district council] .... to cause to be
buried or cremated the body of any person who has died or been found dead in
its [district], where it appears to the [district council] that suitable
arrangements for the disposal of the body have not been, or are not being,
made otherwise than by the [district council].

Subs.(2) rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/211; subs.(3) rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3)
sch.18

(4) A [district council].... ... may recover from the estate of the deceased
person, or from any person who, for the purposes of [the Health and Personal
Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972], was liable to maintain the
deceased person immediately before his death, expenses incurred under
subsection (1)... less any amount received by [the district council] by way of
death grant in respect of that death [under section 32 of the Social Security
(Northern Ireland) Act 1975].

(5) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall affect any
enactment regulating or authorising the burial, cremation or anatomical
examination of the body of a deceased person; and a body shall not be cremated
under this section where the [district council] has reason to believe that
cremation would be contrary to the wishes of the deceased.

Ss.2629 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

Ss.4547 rep. by 1972 NI14 art.109(3) sch.18

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